Tuesday, July 10, 2012

July Card Challenge - Handmade Flowers

and added them to cards. (they've also given us lil tutorials on them)

Have you tried your hand at making flowers yet???

If you have, you know, and if you haven't, watch out...

It is soooo addicting!!

With Love

by: Jolanda Meurs

Tip: Put some glitter on the Bo Bunny Petals. Then use your Melting pot with clear ultra thick embossing powder. Make some layers and put one jewel in the middle of the Flower. Make ribbon bows. Make a knot as shown on the picture.
Glue the ribbon under the Petal.

I used an EK Success Retro flower punch to make my 'carnation-like' blooms....first I spritzed the paper with some pink ink, then used a pair of Deco-edged scissors to give the petals the jagged edge that carnations have. I also crinkled the petals up a bit.

I then took some floral wire, made a small fold at the tip of it and strung 3 of the punched blooms on the wire and adhered with glue.

Designer Tip: To make the tiny flowers on my layout, I used a Donna Salazar die. I cut four flowers and slightly crumpled their leaves. I then stapled them and added a chipboard pearl (from the layered chipboard pack) together with a jewel in its center.

Congratulations Alicia!! What gorgeous cards with such amazing inspiration and techniques by the DT. Our 30th anniversary is coming up later this month, and I still need to make a card for my DH. ~ Blessings

Thank you all for your wonderful comments. It really makes a difference when you put your heart and soul into something and out comes a small master piece. With all the options we have today, when all the idea's , colors, bling,and perfect contrast fall into place. That is scrapbooking at its best. I had so much fun playing with ideas on this card. Coffee?(coffee anyone tickled me pink. Thanks Bo Bunny for wonderful papers and embellishments to make us successful artiste!

Hello! I am Becky Garrison, and I am Website Admin and Social Media Coordinator for www.scrapchallenge.com. I have added this challenge to our listings, and would love it if you would list your future challenges on a regular basis! We are working hard to make our site THE place for crafters to find challenges. Thanks! Becky